Overall, Hyden’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern.
Being a small city, Hyden does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The population of Hyden is very well educated relative to most cities and towns in the nation, where the average community has 21.84% of its adult population holding a 4-year degree or higher: 37.53% of adults in Hyden have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.
The per capita income in Hyden in 2022 was $29,221, which is upper middle income relative to Kentucky, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $116,884 for a family of four. However, Hyden contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Hyden is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Hyden home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Hyden residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Hyden also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 11.88% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Hyden include Irish, English, Scots-Irish, German, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Hyden is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Tagalog.
